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About us

The Football Foundation is the UK’s largest sports’ charity. Funded by the Premier League, The Football Association and the Government, the Foundation directs £30m every year into grassroots sport.

The Foundation receives money from the very top of the professional game and also from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport through Sport England. It then uses this money to leverage even more partnership funding, to deliver a programme of new and improved community sports facilities in towns and cities across the country.

Our mission is to improve facilities, create opportunities and build communities throughout England.

Impact

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Where our money goesSince 2000, the Football Foundation has awarded grants towards projects worth over £1.3bn to help create new grass roots facilities around the country. Here you will be able to see what exactly has been via Football Foundation support both nationally and in your local area.

The Impact of our Facility grantsHundreds of thousands of people play football at Foundation-funded facilities each week. Find out more details on how many people are playing at Foundation facilities in this section.

Darius Vassell feeling like a Newman after Villa hero opens university's new all-weather pitchYesterday (Wednesday 20 September) Darius Vassell, former Aston Villa FC and England forward, officially unveiled a state-of-the-art new all-weather pitch at Newman University in Birmingham. He was joined by Premier League Assistant Referee Sian Massey-Ellis MBE, a Newman University alumnus. The project was made possible by a grant from the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund, which is delivered by the Football Foundation.

Darius Vassell feeling like a Newman after Villa hero opens university's new all-weather pitchYesterday (Wednesday 20 September) Darius Vassell, former Aston Villa FC and England forward, officially unveiled a state-of-the-art new all-weather pitch at Newman University in Birmingham. He was joined by Premier League Assistant Referee Sian Massey-Ellis MBE, a Newman University alumnus. The project was made possible by a grant from the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund, which is delivered by the Football Foundation.

How long does the application and decision making process take?

The application window will be open for 7 weeks. Once the funding window has been closed, the County FA will give each application a priority score before the Foundation staff assess the applications through a scoring matrix and final decisions are made.

We aim to let all applicants know if they have been successful at the same time, this decision can be expected no later than the end of April 2013. We need to allow this length of time so we can fully assess all applications as we are expecting a high volume of interest in Grow the Game grants.